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		<h5><?php echo __("Metals") ?></h5>
		<p><?php echo __("Precious metals are seen as a safe and effective method of investment. Investors can buy and sell the product and make a profit through the differences between buy and sell prices. Prices of precious metals could be influenced by political factors and market news as well as by its supply and demand. Precious metals are experiencing extreme price movements in recent years, and hence are attracting more investors.") ?></p>
		<p><?php echo __("VICFX provides metal products in the form of CFDs. Investors can benefit from the live tradable prices as well as its ability to sell short or buy long.") ?></p>
		<p><?php echo __("VICFX provides extensive range of metal products, including gold, silver, copper, platinum and palladium.") ?></p>
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		<h4><?php echo __("Features") ?></h4>
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			<li><?php echo __("Trading features of metals:") ?></li>
			<li><?php echo __("Ideal for short or long term investment products") ?></li>
			<li><?php echo __("One of the most diverse market with high liquidity") ?></li>
			<li><?php echo __("Nearly 24 hours trading for 5 days per week") ?></li>
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		<h4><?php echo __("Gold") ?></h4>
		<p><?php echo __("Gold, different from general merchandise, has possessed monetary, financial and commodity attributes from the outset of discovery by human, and runs through the entire history of human social development, but its financial and commodity attributes exhibit different role and influence in different historical stages.") ?></p>
		<p><?php echo __('Gold has been found and used by human since a very earlier time. As gold is rare, special and precious, it has been regarded as the first amongst the 5 important metals, and was titled as the "king of metals" since ancient time. The reputation of gold cannot be matched by other metals. As a consequence, gold once was a symbol of wealth and luxury and used for financial reserves, money, jewelry and so on. With the development of society, the economic status of gold and commodity applications have been constantly changing, its financial reserves, monetary functions are in the adjustment, and the commodity function is returning. With the rapid development of modern industry and technology, the use of gold in these areas has gradually expanded, while so far, gold is still the dominant metal that used in the international reserve currency, jewelry and other areas.') ?></p>
		<h4><?php echo __("Silver") ?></h4>
		<p><?php echo __("Silver was once playing a major role in reflecting the currency in the United States. The U.S. Congress currency circulation was silver-based and linked to fixed gold. Silver has been used in the coinage of the country until 1965. After centuries of evolution, silver was given more important economic functions, it is an important industrial raw material used in photography, jewelry and electronics industries.") ?></p>
		<p><?php echo __("Today, silver is becoming a precious industrial commodity and an attractive investment product. Mining companies, producers and silver consumers can all take advantage of silver futures and options to hedge risk aversion. As a precious metal, silver is also an investment product preferred by general investors.") ?></p>
		<h4><?php echo __("High grade copper") ?></h4>
		<p><?php echo __("Copper is an important industrial raw materials with high market maturity, it has both financial attributes and commodity attributes, closely related to macroeconomic indicators. Copper is one of the popular trading commodities preferred by investors.") ?></p>
		<p><?php echo __("High grade copper is such a widely used good in industries that it is an excellent gauge of global economic activity, especially in production. Therefore, supply and demand of copper are a critical factor reflecting the market sentiment. High grade copper is traded all over the world nowadays. LME and COMEX are both the largest Exchange with high liquidity in futures on high grade copper.") ?></p>
		<p><?php echo __("The largest producer of high grade copper is Chile, followed by China, Peru and the United States. The United States is the primary user of copper.") ?></p>
		<h4><?php echo __("Platinum") ?></h4>
		<p><?php echo __("Platinum is a naturally formed white precious metal that relatively scarce even among the precious metals. New mine production is approximately five million troy ounces a year. In contrast, gold mine production runs approximately 82 million ounces a year and silver production is approximately 547 million ounces. As such, it tends to trade at higher per-unit prices. Platinum future can be traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) as an alternative investments choice. The price of platinum future changes along with its supply and demand.") ?></p>
		<h4><?php echo __("Palladium") ?></h4>
		<p><?php echo __("Palladium is a rare white precious metal. Palladium is a symbiotic ore with platinum and they have many similarities. However, these two metals are also very different. Palladium is by far the most common metal investment products that is widely used in various fields including dental industry, automobile manufacturing and even underground sewage treatment protection. Automobile catalysts are the largest consumption area of platinum and palladium alloy, accounting for about 63%, while consumption in electronic instruments at 21% and 12% in dentures, and 4% in jewelry.") ?></p>
		<p><?php echo __("Annual output of palladium is about 8.1 million ounces. Russia is one of the main origins, accounting for 67% of total global supply, South Africa accounted for 23%, and North America accounted for 8%.") ?></p>
		<p><?php echo __("Palladium futures can be used as a hedging tool for both producers and consumers of palladium. Palladium futures also offer advantages like central clearing and transparency of price among traders.") ?></p>
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